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American League: A-Rod slam backs Pettitte gem in Yankees' 11-2 win

NEW YORK - Alex Rodriguez hit his second grand slam of the season and Andy Pettitte was nearly unhittable again in the daytime, helping the New York Yankees beat the Cleveland Indians 11-2 Monday.

Pettitte pitched seven innings, allowing three singles and Jhonny Peralta's 100th career homer, while striking out five without a walk. He retired his last 14 batters.

Both of Rodriguez's slams this season came after Mark Teixeira was intentionally walked ahead of him, and A-Rod is 5 for 5 overall when teams intentionally pitch around Teixeira. Rodriguez's seventh homer of the season leaves him 10 shy off 600 for his career.

The Indians trailed 2-1 in the seventh before shaky relief pitching did them in again.

 Angels 7, Royals 1

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Ervin Santana pitched seven strong innings and the Angels didn't need any late-game heroics, roughing up Luke Hochevar early on the way to a win over the Royals.

Mike Napoli hit a two-run homer, Juan Rivera and Maicer Izturis each had solo shots off Hochevar (5-3), and Howie Kendrick had two RBIs to help Los Angeles kick off a season-long 14-game road trip with its fifth win in six games.

That was more than enough for Santana (5-3).

The right-hander scattered seven hits, allowing a run-scoring double by Jason Kendall in the fifth inning and little else to win his fourth straight start. He struck out six and has allowed six earned runs the past 29 innings after a shaky start to the season.

 Athletics 4, Tigers 1

DETROIT - Rajai Davis scored twice and Trevor Cahill continued to pitch well as the Athletics beat the Tigers.

The win was Oakland's third of the four-game series and fifth out of seven during their ongoing 10-game trip. Detroit has lost five of six.

The start of the game was delayed by 2 hours and 42 minutes due to threatening weather, although no rain fell until more than an hour after the scheduled start. It started to rain again with Detroit batting in the bottom of the eighth, leaving the stadium almost empty by game's end.

Cahill (4-2) won his third straight start, allowing one run on five hits in 61/3 innings. Andrew Bailey got the final four outs for his 11th save.

 Blue Jays 3, Rays 2

TORONTO - Brandon Morrow pitched seven strong innings, and Toronto threw out the potential tying run at the plate in the ninth inning.

Evan Longoria tripled off Kevin Gregg with one out in the ninth, but he was thrown out trying to score on John Jaso's grounder to shortstop for the second out. Gabe Kapler ended it by grounding into a fielder's choice, giving Gregg his 14th save in 16 chances.

Adam Lind hit a two-run home run for Toronto.

Morrow (4-4) gave up one run and three hits, walked two and struck out one.

Matt Garza (5-4), winless in five starts, allowed three runs and a season-high 10 hits in 61/3 innings.